NoCan Ilford SFX quasi-infrared film be safely used in cameras that have a red window for the film advance? I'd like to try putting some through my 6x18 pinhole, but it only has a red window for film advance, and the Maco 820IR I tried with it was totally fogged by the red window through the backing paper.
If you use 120 film the funktion of backing paper is to avoid any light.Can Ilford SFX quasi-infrared film be safely used in cameras that have a red window for the film advance? I'd like to try putting some through my 6x18 pinhole, but it only has a red window for film advance, and the Maco 820IR I tried with it was totally fogged by the red window through the backing paper.
Can Ilford SFX quasi-infrared film be safely used in cameras that have a red window for the film advance? I'd like to try putting some through my 6x18 pinhole, but it only has a red window for film advance, and the Maco 820IR I tried with it was totally fogged by the red window through the backing paper.
The only new camera (manufactured in 2016-7) that I own requires that I use the numbers on the backing paper and the red window(s) in order to advance the film properly.And the funktion of red window ?
It is just decoration from the 20th.
The only camera I have right now that requires the red window advance is my pinhole. Which makes total sense since it's a wood box with a manual film advance.
DittoJust about all the cameras with red windows were made when orthochromatic films were being used. I personally do no trust them for today's panchromatic films. When I use one of these older cameras I cover up the window with black electrical tape except when advancing the film. My Mamiya C3 series cameras have a metal slide for this purpose.
Lovely camera and print. This is what it's all about!The only new camera (manufactured in 2016-7) that I own requires that I use the numbers on the backing paper and the red window(s) in order to advance the film properly.
Isn't it pretty?
It gives good results too.
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I have an older roll of SFX that I should probably try it with.
The thread has had at least two positive replies from U.K. users to the effect that SFX has worked OK/ should work OK but these seem to have had no positive acknowledgement which I find is a pity
pentaxuser
You'd think, but the Maco 820c IR Aura backing paper had numbers on it. And it fogged like San Francisco Bay at sunset.If it comes with a backing paper with numbers, then the intention is that those numbers will be read through a window.
If the backing paper does its job properly, it should be ok.
Steve.
That isn't really a good option for my pinhole camera - there's only four shots per roll, and the spacing is not especially loose (4x 6x18cm negatives on a roll of 120). So the margin for error is not in my favor, and when I'm burning that much film per shot, and my exposures can run into the minutes, I'd rather not waste time or film on making photos that I have to throw away.I ran into a photographer who had a simple solution to the issue of the red window and fogging with modern films: He covered the red window and ballparked his advances with comfortable margins, and a simple chart to remind him how many turns based on how far along in the spool he was. He gave up something like 1/3 of his possible shots, but seemed happy with the process.
If it comes with a backing paper with numbers, then the intention is that those numbers will be read through a window.
If the backing paper does its job properly, it should be ok.
Steve.
The only new camera (manufactured in 2016-7) that I own requires that I use the numbers on the backing paper and the red window(s) in order to advance the film properly.
Isn't it pretty?
It gives good results too.
IView attachment 189354
I have an older roll of SFX that I should probably try it with.
Thank you to the UK members who have posted that it SHOULD work. Happy now?
I'm still processing the feedback I've gotten here. Some of it I take with a hopeful grain of salt, some of it I categorically ignore because it's delivered with more than a soupcon of arrogance. At this point since nobody can say for certain, I'll just have to burn a few rolls and find out for myself.
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